Today is a happy day at the offices of Human Rights in the Picture: we celebrate our 5th birthday! We have come a long way since Jan de Koning and Nadja Houben started the organisation on 15 May 2013. We have come long way because we have done a lot of work in these 5 year and we created a hub of friends world wide that are at all times willing to share their talents with us. Filmmakers, visual artists, photographers, translators, editors, diplomats, lawyers, human rights defenders, professors, NGO staff, students and teachers all have helped us promote respect for human rights by using art. We will continue to visualise human rights for a better world! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for more news or send an email to info@humanrightsinthepicture.org.

The incoming and outgoing board together with HRP’s directorFrom left to right: the new board Zainab Malik, Liliana De Marco, Carin Benninger, director Nadja Houben, outgoing boardCees Filnterman, David Vriesendorp

Last January the world lost one of it’s giants in human rights: Sir Nigel Rodley.

Human Rights in the Picture, in close collaboration with the Human Rights Centre of Essex University and filmmaker Victor Fokke, wants to use his remarkable life story and his outstanding achievements to inspire, teach and shape new generations of students by making a film.

To make this happen we are raising funds, in total 60.000 euro. We are looking for partners that can financially support us. We have different levels of partnership, each with their own rewards.

50 euro partner: we keep you up to date during the whole production, you’ll get invited to a screening and you’ll get a download link to the film.

100 euro partner: all the mentioned above and a customized pen drive with the film.

250 euro name partner: all the mentioned above and you’ll be an official name partner, which means that your name will be added to the credits.

500 euro co-associate partner: all the mentioned above and your name will be mentioned as a co-associate partner. You will be invited to the exclusive premiere where you can meet and network with all the people that are in the film, the makers and all other important funders like you.

1.000 euro associate partner: all the mentioned above and your name will be mentioned as a associate partner. Before the premiere you have an exclusive diner with the makers and staff of Human Rights Centre of the Essex University.

5.000 euro co-executive producer: all the mentioned above and your name will be mentioned as a co-executive producer inclusive your name and or logo on all official communication of the project. Next to that you will be part of the team: we will ask for your input, feedback and experience.

10.000 euro executive producer: all the mentioned above and your name will be mentioned as an executive producer. Of course, as above, you will be part of the team and this time we will actually listen! 🙂

ps. If you prefer donating with a bank transfer instead of iDEAL or creditcard (via Paypal), you can transfer directly to:
NL58 TRIO 019 764 2799 (humanrightsinthepicture, Triodos Bank, Zeist, the Netherlands; Swift/BIC TRIONL2U).
Please add a reference to the project and your name and email if you would like to receive your rewards.

On 19 May Thai lawyer Sirikan ‘June’ Charoensiri received the 2017 L4L Award for her ‘unwavering courage and commitment’ and for drawing ‘attention to the human rights situation in Thailand that is relatively unknown in the West’ . Here you can watch the impression we made of the award ceremony. At this website you can learn more about the work of Lawyers for Lawyers and help them protect lawyers in danger: http://www.advocatenvooradvocaten.nl

It is with great pleasure that we welcome Ms Zainab Malik as new board member of our organisation. Zainab Malik is a lawyer and human rights defender working on issues of abolition of the death penalty, torture, and sexual and reproductive health and rights. She will replace founder and board member Jan de Koning, who recently stepped down after having fulfilled this position for more than 3 years. We thank Jan for the hard work and commitment he showed to our organisation.

On the 11th of March Out & About screened twice at the Pink Film Days (Roze filmdagen) in Amsterdam as part of the Hivos day at the festival. It was an interesting day with meaningful discussions, interaction, connection, sharing of experiences and special guests. Thank you Hivos and organisers of the festival!